# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=45 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 46 --- ## [Did all the music acts lip-sync on the Ed Sullivan show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-all-the-music-acts-lip-sync-on-the-ed-sullivan-show/1025572)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-all-the-music-acts-lip-sync-on-the-ed-sullivan-show/1025572 "2025-12-21T15:18:31Z")
I recently found the Mama and Papas protest video from the Ed Sullivan show. Michelle eats a banana and later offers it to Mama Cass. It’s obvious John and Michelle are talking during the lip syncing. Did all the music… --- ## [Poll: Best Bond (non-Connery edition)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-best-bond-non-connery-edition/1014634)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-best-bond-non-connery-edition/1014634 "2025-12-21T04:17:13Z")
Continuing the discussion from Amazon MGM takes creative reins of James Bond, ending an era of family control of 007: In honor of (or memoriam for) the Bond franchise now that Prime has taken it over, I’m just curious w… --- ## [Vintage Christmas lights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-christmas-lights/1025836)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-christmas-lights/1025836 "2025-12-20T19:54:52Z")
Like a lot of people, I’ve developed a deep need for classic Christmas lights – I mean indoor ones, for the tree. These are fairly big bulbs, called C7. (C9 is even bigger, and most people hang those outside.) Everybod… --- ## [Celebrities and their troubled kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-and-their-troubled-kids/1025795)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-and-their-troubled-kids/1025795 "2025-12-20T17:06:28Z")
The recent tragedy regarding Rob Reiner and his son reminded me of the fate of the sons of some NFL head coaches. Andy Reid had a son who died of a drug overdose, and another who went to prison following a serious car a… --- ## [A U.S. Marshals scenario and real world consequences \[bulk grain freighters\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-s-marshals-scenario-and-real-world-consequences-bulk-grain-freighters/1025646)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2025, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-s-marshals-scenario-and-real-world-consequences-bulk-grain-freighters/1025646 "2025-12-20T00:57:27Z")
Actually, I’ve seen this scenario numerous times: Two guys are fighting to the death in the vast hold of a ship. They’re in a grain shipment. One of them appears to be done in, then he rises out of the grain, and is shot… --- ## [He made it! (Dick Van Dyke is 100 on 2025-12-13)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-made-it-dick-van-dyke-is-100-on-2025-12-13/1025664)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2025, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-made-it-dick-van-dyke-is-100-on-2025-12-13/1025664 "2025-12-19T22:28:59Z")
Dick Van Dyke was born on 13 December 1925 in West Plains, Missouri. 100 years ago today. Happy birthday, Dick Van Dyke! What Dick Van Dyke thoughts do you have? I remember him from The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966). … --- ## [Other than Duma Key, do any Stephen King novels lack human villains? Open spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-duma-key-do-any-stephen-king-novels-lack-human-villains-open-spoilers/1025728)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-duma-key-do-any-stephen-king-novels-lack-human-villains-open-spoilers/1025728 "2025-12-19T21:48:06Z")
I recently finished listening to the audiobook version of Stephen King’s Duma Key. I really liked it, more so than a lot of his other books. Thinking about why I like it so much, one of the things I noticed was that th… --- ## [Give me some new Christmas music!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-new-christmas-music/956331)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-new-christmas-music/956331 "2025-12-19T20:08:22Z")
Looking for some fresh blood when it comes to the Christmas tunes. For example, Christopher Lee singing some dark Christmas metal :grinning\_face\_with\_smiling\_eyes: --- ## [Please help me find this short comic strip from ca.1975](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-this-short-comic-strip-from-ca-1975/1025765)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-this-short-comic-strip-from-ca-1975/1025765 "2025-12-19T19:19:37Z")
It’s a two-panel Hagar the Horrible in which Hagar says “There are little flecks of gold in my beard. Don’t they make me look distinguished?” His wife replies deadpan “Those are codfish flakes.” I know it was printed … --- ## [Sushi rice recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sushi-rice-recommendations/1025808)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2025, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sushi-rice-recommendations/1025808 "2025-12-19T05:13:19Z")
DH has recently developed a bit of an addiction to Spam musubi. I’ve been using Nishiki brand medium-grain rice, but have decided I’d prefer something stickier that holds together better. I use an Instant Pot to make ric… --- ## [Taking a score to a performance - is this a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-score-to-a-performance-is-this-a-thing/1025767)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-score-to-a-performance-is-this-a-thing/1025767 "2025-12-18T22:31:20Z")
Many many years ago (the early 70s) I went to a performance of Handel’s Messiah by the Handel Choir of Baltimore. I was surprised to see a number of audience members following along with a personal score. Why? Are they h… --- ## [Buck Rogers is gone... again (Gil Gerard has died)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-rogers-is-gone-again-gil-gerard-has-died/1025790)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-rogers-is-gone-again-gil-gerard-has-died/1025790 "2025-12-18T22:17:21Z")
Just saw on Wikipedia’s list of recent deaths that Gil Gerard passed away yesterday from cancer. The Buck Rogers TV show he is best known for was pretty awful, coming shamelessly on the heels of Star Wars the same way w… --- ## [Dr. Seuss' Beowulf](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-seuss-beowulf/675845)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-seuss-beowulf/675845 "2025-12-18T13:22:42Z")
Every Geat Down in Geat-land Liked Heorot a lot… But Grendel, Who lived north of Geat-land, Did NOT! Grendel hated Heorot! The whole Heorot Hall! Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite knows it all. It could be … --- ## [Jimmy Dean stuffed hash browns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-dean-stuffed-hash-browns/1020413)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-dean-stuffed-hash-browns/1020413 "2025-12-18T13:01:01Z")
I want them. They don’t have any bread in them, like croissant sandwiches or biscuit sandwiches, which tend to get tough in the microwave, so they’re the BEST handheld breakfast. Up until two weeks ago, I had a reliable … --- ## [Companion Thread: Name your all-time three favorite children’s book, in order. No more than three, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companion-thread-name-your-all-time-three-favorite-children-s-book-in-order-no-more-than-three-please/1025348)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companion-thread-name-your-all-time-three-favorite-children-s-book-in-order-no-more-than-three-please/1025348 "2025-12-18T11:09:21Z")
The Boys’ King Arthur by Sidney Lanier, illustrated by N. C. Wyeth The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde, illustrated by Everett Shinn Golden Tales of the Arabian Nights by Margaret Soifer and Irving Shapiro, illustrated by G… --- ## [Fire, Low-key, Chopped](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-low-key-chopped/1025624)
**Author:** [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-low-key-chopped/1025624 "2025-12-18T07:28:01Z")
I’ve seen the skit on SNL with Sabrina Carpenter and it was Fire! I think. Does anyone know what these Gen Z terms actually mean? --- ## [Funniest single panel cartoon (part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon-part-2/981307)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon-part-2/981307 "2025-12-18T05:46:21Z")
Rather than bump an 8 year old thread, I thought I’d just start a new one. I love detail of the flying saucer on the pillow! :grin: --- ## [Worst sports movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-movie/1025159)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-movie/1025159 "2025-12-18T02:54:03Z")
This thread is for nominating bad sports movies. No lists, please-just name a sports film and talk about it. Also, no shoehorning a movie in just because for a brief period the protagonists play a game of tennis, chat a… --- ## [Lots of double egg yolks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-double-egg-yolks/1025750)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-double-egg-yolks/1025750 "2025-12-18T02:28:51Z")
I have been seeing lots of double (and triple) yolks in my eggs lately including two cartons from two different stores that were all double and triple yolks. Anyone else notice this? Is this a coincidence or did somethin… --- ## [Douglas Adams - Fenchurch's name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/douglas-adams-fenchurchs-name/1025729)
**Author:** [@DreamsOfACheetah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreamsOfACheetah)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/douglas-adams-fenchurchs-name/1025729 "2025-12-17T23:28:53Z")
From So Long and Thanks For All the Fish: “was I found… …in a handbag …in the Left Luggage office …at Fenchurch Street Station” What is this a reference to? I’ve always wondered… --- ## [Making Hot Cocoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-hot-cocoa/1025754)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-hot-cocoa/1025754 "2025-12-17T22:55:45Z")
The post about regular cocoa and Dutch cocoa powders reminded me of this. When I was a kid (60s & 70s), we usually made hot chocolate with milk and Quik. If my grandma or parents made it, they used real cocoa powder. I s… --- ## [Peanut butter crackers have shrunk after 60 plus years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-crackers-have-shrunk-after-60-plus-years/1024799)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-crackers-have-shrunk-after-60-plus-years/1024799 "2025-12-17T18:24:56Z")
One of my earliest memories is getting a quarter from my grandad for the vending machine. I usually got the orange peanut butter crackers. 3 crackers in two rows of goodness. Peanut butter is a healthier option than can… --- ## [Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-bill-the-whole-bloody-affair/1025270)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-bill-the-whole-bloody-affair/1025270 "2025-12-17T14:58:14Z")
In case you didn’t know, next Thursday (December 4th), the complete, contiguous cut to Kill Bill is being released in theaters, with a new added anime sequence, about 4.5 hours of Kill Bill goodness. Will come back to t… --- ## [Did Wolferman's Super-Thick English muffins get thinner this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-wolfermans-super-thick-english-muffins-get-thinner-this-year/1025687)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-wolfermans-super-thick-english-muffins-get-thinner-this-year/1025687 "2025-12-17T03:05:22Z")
Definitely a factual question with an empirical answer. My wife and I enjoy Wolferman’s Super-Thick English muffins every so often. We place an order a few times each year and freeze them. Our most recent order seems … --- ## [History of the laugh track](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-of-the-laugh-track/1025693)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-of-the-laugh-track/1025693 "2025-12-17T02:41:34Z")
Continuing the discussion from He made it! (Dick Van Dyke is 100 on 2025-12-13): The above got me wondering about the history of the laugh track. My thought had always been that it began as recorded laughter added in t… --- ## [That'll teach you! Songs that are lessons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thatll-teach-you-songs-that-are-lessons/1025555)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thatll-teach-you-songs-that-are-lessons/1025555 "2025-12-17T00:56:58Z")
Songs that actually teach you specific things, like Tom Lehrer’s “The Element Song” for instance. They don’t have to be comedic, though. For instance, I recall a song from Golden Bough’s \*Winter’s Dance" album, “Logs T… --- ## [Happy Beethoven's Birthday!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beethovens-birthday/1025755)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beethovens-birthday/1025755 "2025-12-16T22:31:09Z")
Give everyone a big kiss today! :face\_blowing\_a\_kiss: --- ## [Is "Die Hard" a Christmas Movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-die-hard-a-christmas-movie/675283)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 664\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-die-hard-a-christmas-movie/675283 "2025-12-16T22:16:39Z")
Yes or No? Discuss. --- ## [Q for bakers: Regular cocoa powder vs. Dutch process cocoa powder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-bakers-regular-cocoa-powder-vs-dutch-process-cocoa-powder/1025629)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-bakers-regular-cocoa-powder-vs-dutch-process-cocoa-powder/1025629 "2025-12-16T18:58:23Z")
Why would you choose one over the other? Or, if they each are better than the other some times, what kind of dishes are better with A or with B? Personally, I’ve only ever bought regular, for the excellent (non-)reason… --- ## [RIP Joe Ely](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-ely/1025741)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-ely/1025741 "2025-12-16T13:38:06Z")
Oh, damn, this hits pretty hard. Ely is very much of a time and place for me personally, and was one of the great Texas troubadours. Gift link below; one of my favorites of his songs: Dallas https://www.nytimes.com/202… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=46)